Colossians 2:17
Reality, however, is found in Christ.
Colossians 3:1-3
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 1:14
The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:9
This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time.
2 Timothy 2:1
Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:12
Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
2 Timothy 3:15
You have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Philemon 6
I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.
· Abiding fully in Christ is a life of exquisite and overflowing happiness. As Christ gets more complete possession of the soul, it enters into the joy of its Lord.
· Christ’s own joy, abiding joy, fullness of joy, such is the portion of the believer who abides in Christ.
· Regard the abiding in Him more than ever as an abiding in His love; rooted and grounded daily in a love that passeth knowledge, you receive of its fullness, and learn to love.
· With Christ abiding in you, the Holy Spirit sheds abroad the love of God in your heart, and you love the brethren, the most trying and unlovable, with a love that is not your own, but the love of Christ in you.
· As long as he abides and as far as he abides, the believer does not sin.
· When the abiding in Christ becomes close and unbroken, the soul lives from moment to moment in the perfect union with the Lord its keeper, He does, indeed, keep down the power of the old nature so that it does not regain dominion over the soul.
· We have seen that there are degrees in the abiding. With most Christians the abiding is so feeble and intermittent, that sin continually obtains the ascendency and brings the soul into subjection.
· When the believer seeks full admission into and a permanent abode in Jesus, the Sinless One, then the life of Christ keeps one from actual transgression.
· The abiding in Jesus makes it possible to keep from actual sinning; and Jesus Himself makes it possible to abide in Him.
· Let failure and sin, instead of discouraging you, only urge you still more to seek your safety in abiding in the Sinless One.
· Regard it as His work to keep you abiding in Him and His work to keep you from sinning.
· The Christian often tries to forget his weakness. God wants us to remember it, to feel it deeply. The Christian wants to conquer his weakness and to be freed from it. God wants us to rest and even rejoice in it.
· The Christian thinks his weakness is his greatest hindrance in the life and service of God. God tells us that it is the secret of strength and success.
· All power in heaven and earth was indeed given to Him and by Him imparted to His people just as they needed it, whether for a holy life or effective service.
· The power is in Jesus; Jesus is ours with all His fullness; it is in us His members that the power is to work and be made manifest.
· Christ gives His power in us by giving His life in us. He does not, as so many believers imagine, take the feeble life He finds in them and impart a little strength to aid them in their feeble efforts. No; it is in giving His own life in us that He gives us His power.